Painting Glass in Oil

This is a video of my previous post called ''Crazy Juice''. In it, I describe how to  paint glass on a white background. I talk about complementary colours, painting white and the first rule of thumb in painting, which is learning how to observe your subject.





You can also see it on You Tube in HD:
Crazy Straw: Painting Glass in Oil

Crazy Juice

11x14 inches, oil/canvas

When composing a subject with glass, I try to find  ways to enhance the special quality of glass which is its transparency.  In this case I chose to add juice and a straw.  The crazy straw is in homage to my daughter who would not drink anything without a crazy straw when she was younger.

Coming up next is a video describing how to observe and paint glass.

Introduction to Oil Painting

This is a still life study similar to one done in my introductory oil painting class at the Visual Arts Centre in Montreal.  In the accompanying video I focus on simplifying the subject first into basic relationships of light and shadow and then go on to explain how I finish the painting. The goal is to help inexperienced painters understand the thinking process that goes into the making of a painting. 

Here is the video:





Since I am never completely satisfied with the way colour gets translated into the video during production, I  thought it might be useful to see some of the slides from the process: